Throughout history, a select band of the brave has willingly turned into human guinea pigs in the cause of science.

Man's best friend is increasingly taking antidepressants to get a new leash on life.

A giant, one-tonne crocodile has been caught by Ugandan villagers, after allegedly eating a man and maiming several others in a village.

Not quite a duck face, but Bruce the koala and his friend Jay have become quite the experienced selfie-snappers at Wildlife Sydney Zoo.

Members of New Zealand's navy were tasked with protecting nine very precious kiwi this week.

An aquarium in Ireland has welcomed what is believed to be one of the world's only lesbian penguin couples, after keepers observed two females exhibiting courting behaviour.

Sharks have forced themselves back into the minds of Australians.

Much hangs on whether the Japanese Government sides with its future-focused Foreign Ministry or its inwards-looking pro-whaling fisheries agency, writes John Armstrong.

We're all a kaleidoscope of contradictions about our treatment and consumption of living creatures, writes Bob Jones.

Even the first sunshine of spring is not enough to prevent the lion enclosure at Copenhagen Zoo from looking forlorn.

After being Awol for half a decade Randy the cat was recently reunited with his owners - thanks to a trusty microchip, a caring stranger, and the Auckland SPCA.

Many's the time the dubious claim "sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind" has been used to justify some act of petty tyranny, writes Paul Thomas.

I want to believe in the inter-connectedness of things, I really do.

For the past 15 years, a Kiwi marine explorer has been tracking great white sharks around the world, helping answer one of the biggest questions concerning great whites — their home range.

In a blind taste test, eight out of eight pandas agree - sugar is delicious.

Everyday Kiwis could be recruited to help save New Zealand from a swarm of pests costing our economy billions and ravaging our cherished biodiversity, a new report suggests.

The owners of four dogs which mauled a young girl in their back garden have been charged.

Horses, birds, calves, even crocs - there are many ways kids can get hands-on experience with animals, says Dionne Christian.

The Adelie penguin population in Antarctica's Ross Sea has boomed to an estimated 30-year high, despite signs that climate change is driving population declines elsewhere on the continent.

The 7-year-old mauled by dogs in Murupara has had a 10-hour operation to begin to repair the facial wounds she received during the attack.

The familiar scent of its owner lingers like perfume in a dog's brain, US scientists claim.

Dame Vivienne Westwood has admitted she shares bathwater with her husband.

The bizarre use of insects, fish and animals to help cure various ailments has a long history. Here are six of the most popular treatments – some are still in use today.

A rampaging elephant smashed a house to bits in an Indian village, but turned back and rescued a baby trapped in the rubble, a couple have claimed.